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Article

14 Jun 2005

Author:
Reporters Without Borders

Microsoft censors its blog tool [China]

Reporters Without Borders said it was disgusted to find that Microsoft was censoring the Chinese version of its blog tool, MSN spaces, the system automatically rejecting words including "democracy" and "Dalai Lama"...The Chinese version of the MSN portal, along with the blog tool, were launched as a joint venture with a local state-controlled company, Shanghai Alliance Investment Ltd (SAIL)...Despite repeated requests from Reporters Without Borders, the company's management always declined to discuss the issue. [also refers to Google, Yahoo!]